Ball striking another ball on the green

[jim8flog]

Addled brain at the moment

Which rule makes this a penalty in stroke play.

 

[rulie]

Rule 11.1a Exception.

 

[jim8flog]

Thanks

 

[Barrie J]

Rule 11.1a Exception.

Agreed, but only if that other ball is at rest on the putting green and the striking ball was on the putting green before the stroke.

 

[Colin L]

Agreed, but only if that other ball is at rest on the putting green and the striking ball was on the putting green before the stroke.

Which is precisely what the Exception to R11.1a says.

 

[Barrie J]

Which is precisely what the Exception to R11.1a says.

The OP did not include the information that would have ensured that the exception to 11.1a applied. I suppose I could have said: "Agreed, but note the conditions that must exist for this exception to apply."

 

[Foxholer]

The OP did not include the information that would have ensured that the exception to 11.1a applied. I suppose I could have said: "Agreed, but note the conditions that must exist for this exception to apply."

So?

Copout?!

ColinL speaks with 'significant authority' imo! It pays to have/state/know all the facts before challenging, though that shouldn't stop such (informed) challenges!

 

[Colin L]

The OP did not include the information that would have ensured that the exception to 11.1a applied. I suppose I could have said: "Agreed, but note the conditions that must exist for this exception to apply."

You could indeed, and you wouldn't have been wrong. Alternatively, you could like me have said nothing because the question had been fully answered. No big deal though.

 

[jim8flog]

The OP did not include the information that would have ensured that the exception to 11.1a applied. I suppose I could have said: "Agreed, but note the conditions that must exist for this exception to apply."

It was simple question answered straight away with the correct answer.

 

[Colin L]

It was simple question answered straight away with the correct answer.

I do appreciate when someone else knows a rule perfectly well but can't remember its number or find it. I don't feel such a solitary eejit.

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Schaper hit Bezuidenhout's ball on 17th green today but they were both tee shots so all good and the latter's ball was replaced.

 

[salfordlad]

It was simple question answered straight away with the correct answer.

There is one further subtle wrinkle that is not always understood. If you play your ball from the putting green and hit another ball at rest on the green that was at rest on the green when you played, the 11.1a Exception general penalty only applies when that ball you hit was in play. So, for example, if it was a stray ball not in play, or your own provisional ball, there is no penalty. The explanation for this is buried in the detail of the definition of "In Play" which states "When the rules refer to a ball at rest or in motion, this means a ball that is in play."